[lbo-talk] "tool" as insult?

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Cock-head doesn't work in American English. But there are lots of dick insults. Schmuck, a thoroughly Americanized Yiddishism, is one in Yiddish. It means jewel in Yiddish, as in family jewels, actually balls, but dick generally.

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On Sep 12, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at aapt.net.au> wrote:


> At 8:57 AM -0400 12/9/12, Michael Smith wrote:
> 
>> Are there other dick-words that we use disparagingly to
>> refer to people? At the moment I can't think of any.
> 
> And I thought I lead a sheltered life.
> 
> Cock-head, prick, dick-head...
> 
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas
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